fear of being called racist is doing our country enormous harm. it's one of the major factors that led to the appalling long grooming gang scandal. that led to the appalling long grooming gang scandal . well, grooming gang scandal. well, today the prime minister and home secretary have used language not heard before. they're talking tough . will they they're talking tough. will they deliver the results and fear being called racist is causing major problems in yorkshire and scottish cricket . we'll debate scottish cricket. we'll debate all of that. we'll go to new york where donald trump is as we speak in the air. he'll appear in court in new on criminal in court in new york on criminal charges tomorrow . and joining me charges tomorrow. and joining me on points , mike on talking points, mike osbourne, personality and osbourne, radio personality and without doubt the best donald

trump impersonator i have ever seen or heard. but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst . that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst. nigel, thank you and good evening to you. well, our top story tonight on gb news, the man who murdered olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool was today sentenced to life in prison and will serve a minimum term of 42 years. thomas cashman shot the nine year old girl as he chased a convict and drug dealer into her home in august last year . outside the school, last year. outside the school, girl's mother cheryl caldwell said her family has already started their lives sentence having to spend the rest of their lives without olivia . their lives without olivia. labour's the lives of our lives . a sassy, chatty girl who never ran out of energy. she was a character. she was my baby. and she was amazing qualities. i knew what wanted in life . if you knew what wanted in life. if you want a daughter. she was the

baby of our family. want a daughter. she was the baby of our family . on my little baby of our family. on my little of my shadow . now, everything we of my shadow. now, everything we do in everywhere we go was a constant reminder that if she is not there with those all to promise for their future so clearly taken away . sheryl clearly taken away. sheryl caldwell speaking outside manchester crown court today. well other news as you've been heanng well other news as you've been hearing , the prime minister has hearing, the prime minister has announced a new taskforce to crack down on grooming gangs. rishi sunak said the measures aim to prevent victims and whistleblower owners from being ignored by authorities because of culturally sensitivities or political correctness. and that's after home secretary singled out british pakistani men as a particular concern. speaking exclusive to gb news suella braverman said her comments on pakistani men were based on local reviews and reports. it's not racist to tell the truth about what has been going on here in rochdale or in rotherham or in telford. local reviews and reports have confirmed that the grooming

gangs scandal that has gone on here has been perpetrated by largely british pakistani men . largely british pakistani men. now it's important not to demonise a whole community and the vast majority of british pakistanis are law abiding and straightforward people . teachers straightforward people. teachers in england will go on strike for another two days. next term after rejecting the latest government pay offer. they're going to walk out on the 27th of april and the 2nd of may with 98% of any eu members voting against what they described as aninqu against what they described as an insult in the offer of a 1000 and pound one off payment, plus and pound one off payment, plus an rise of four and a half% pay increase for most of next year. that donald trump is on his way to new york, where he's due to appearin to new york, where he's due to appear in court in manhattan. the former us president has been indicted in relation to alleged hush money payments to the adult film star stormy daniels before

his 2016 election campaign. mr. trump will be arraigned. fingerprint set and photographed at court. his lawyer says he's going to be entering a plea of not guilty. he is also due to speak in florida tomorrow. we'll be following that story closely for you right here on gb news. on tv online. dave plus radio and on the tune. and this is gb news. the people's channel, where now it's time to say happy birthday to nigel. farage probably . thank you and good probably. thank you and good evening, everybody . now fear of evening, everybody. now fear of being called racists was a direct contributor to the appalling grooming scandals that went on in rather erm in rochdale, in telford and in other parts of the country too . other parts of the country too. it could have been stopped but

it wasn't because the police and the authorities were scared , and the authorities were scared, and that pointed the finger that if they pointed the finger , particular community they , one particular community they would be accused of being racist. well, today i see a very big change in the language . big change in the language. firstly, suella braverman and by the way, it's her birthday today as well. suella braverman saying in the vast majority of cases it was british pakistani men who were causing the abuse and the prime minister being equally strong , saying political strong, saying political correctness must not hold us back from dealing with the perpetrators. now this sort of language we wouldn't have seen under the premierships of boris johnson, theresa may or david cameron. they are now really starting to talk tough. they're going to set up a task force to deal with that. now, that phrase does make me rather think back to the days of tony blair. but they will also be doing their best to force people working in

children's services that if they see any hint or suspicion of grooming , they are to report it. grooming, they are to report it. so there are some actions that are being proposed here. well, i suppose you could say the same about the cross—channel boats. lots of tough talk from the prime minister and from suella braverman. and yet over the weekend, polling showing that 63% of the country don't think anything is going to materially change. so the question on grooming gangs is will the tough talk lead to action? tell me what you think . farage gb news what you think. farage gb news dot uk . now charlie peters works dot uk. now charlie peters works for gb news. he is an investigative reporter . for gb news. he is an investigative reporter. he produced an absolutely brilliant documentary film just a few months ago. grooming gangs. britain's shame . he's been up in britain's shame. he's been up in rochdale today. he interviewed homesick eaterie suella braverman. here's a clip of what she had to say. ultimately

silence enabled this abuse. silence on the part of professionals. fear of being called racist. fear about cultural sensitivities . fear cultural sensitivities. fear about inflaming cohesion in communities . it about inflaming cohesion in communities. it is about inflaming cohesion in communities . it is absolutely communities. it is absolutely vital that we call out the truth of what's been going on. and that's why mandatory reporting is an important tool in the armoury of measures that we are announcing today. yesterday, when you spoke about your incoming list of reforms , you incoming list of reforms, you said that, i think correctly that british pakistanis are disproportionately overrepresented in this kind of child abuse with labour politician describing this commentary as dog whistle politics. what do you make of this? it's not racist to tell the truth about what has been going on here in rochdale or in rotherham or in telford. local reviews and reports have confirmed that the grooming gangs scandal that has gone on here has been perpetrated by

largely british pakistani men. now it's important not to demonise a whole community and the vast majority of british pakistanis are law abiding and straightforward people. but it is also clear to say that in these towns and i met victims today who've confirmed as much beanng today who've confirmed as much bearing out their own experience that there have been cultural trends in the practises that we've seen and authorities and professionals have turned a blind eye out of fear of being called racist. political correctness can no longer an obstacle to taking action . well obstacle to taking action. well jihadi pete as joins me now. charlie there's little doubt in view that you're very powerful documentary has actually helped to push the government into much much tougher words , much tougher much tougher words, much tougher proposals . other than the proposals. other than the language changing, which in itself , i accept is significant. itself, i accept is significant. what do you think about their

proposal and actions and the likelihood that that's going to make any real difference? the ground? most survivors and campaigners i spoke to morning describe the situation as . one describe the situation as. one of cautious optimism and i do share that because i think the reason why i have such strong views on these policies is, as you know, i think the kind of directly lifted from the recommendations made in that documentary months ago the nca task force is something that we've been calling for for gb news a while now. and though , news a while now. and though, nigel, you suggested it has kind of blairite connotations, the national crime has been absolutely vital in securing justice for grooming gang survivors in rotherham, where they have secured hundreds of more survivors support and many more survivors support and many more prosecute actions and convictions. they've been able to do that because they parachuted specialist officers who understood the situation and aren't tainted by local politics and local woke approaches to deaung and local woke approaches to dealing this issue. so i'm very keen on that policy indeed. and it was interesting to hear the

home secretary propose how she would assess success going forward today. but also there's this renewed sense of focus on the recording of ethnicity data. now we know that this is something the police forces across the country have completely to do. and this has given us a very understanding of the issue and has allowed the wider commentary and politicians to avoid talking about it seriously . yeah, i mean, listen, seriously. yeah, i mean, listen, i you know, a cynic would say this is all come ten years too late. but i think you're right. i think recording of ethnicity data , a very, very big step in data, a very, very big step in the right direction. i agree with that. do you think it took a prime minister a home secretary who both came themselves from ethnic minority backgrounds for the conservatives to find the courage to do this ? i think the courage to do this? i think the problem we've had is not really the identity of the politicians but we never really had the national conversation we needed about this issue. when the lid blew off the scandal a decade

ago, there was all this awkward discussion about the issue. that was very, very cautious , nervous was very, very cautious, nervous and downright cowardly discussion of the demographics of the perpetrators. overwhelmingly, pakistan and many of the 50 different towns and cities where these grooming gangs have occurred. and, of course people just did not care about the working class. white who were mostly being abused . who were mostly being abused. that's been the real cause of the problem. and my mission at gb news with this documentary on this war investigation was to shift that national was to restart it and to show to people that there was a bigger truth out there, that they being shown . well, charlie, i have say, i think you are absolutely brilliant job. you have shifted this agenda on and will watch over the course of the next months and years to see just how much of a difference it makes. thank you for joining much of a difference it makes. thank you forjoining me much of a difference it makes. thank you for joining me this evening. a done on that conversation with suella braverman to what it was rotherham the first hit the headunes rotherham the first hit the headlines and rotherham wasn't just a domestic story i have to

say. all over the world, america in particular, people could not believe that this had happened. david greenwood solicitor david greenwood is a solicitor who represented two of the rotherham victims and he joins me now . david, as this all come me now. david, as this all come many, many years too late . yes, many, many years too late. yes, of course. it's come 25, 30 years, too late. yeah. we should have been aware of what was going on many, many years ago. and the police should have been right on it. but from the very start, yeah . and it was wasn't start, yeah. and it was wasn't it fear of being called racist, cowardice that led for this to persist. yeah year after year. i wouldn't say that's the only in rotherham in particular they the labour party relied on the pakistani minority in that town for its votes and there was also alexis jay found in her report

some reticence by. police and local authority staff to investigate these crimes of fear of rocking the boat rotherham. i don't know about other towns, particularly in a lot of detail, but it was a mixture of that. it was a mixture of police feeling as though these these these crimes are too hard to deal with and they the complainants the girls were hard to handle and a lazy ness on on the part of the police and the local authorities and an unwillingness to get on with the essential job that they should have been doing which . should have been doing which. yeah. when you look , david, at yeah. when you look, david, at the list of proposals that are being put forward, you know, a task force headed up by the national crime agency and we've yet to see who the appointees to it are . let's hope they're not it are. let's hope they're not part of the london metropolitan elite . when you look at the

elite. when you look at the ethnicity data that police are now going to be tasked with, you know, absolutely recording accurately and making available to the public and one or two other of the recommendations options. how i mean, in your view of this having studied this and fought hard for victims? how big a potential step in the right direction is this ? it right direction is this? it could be a real big step in the right direction . but you speak , right direction. but you speak, nigel, as though this is some of victory and it's an it's over andifsit victory and it's an it's over and it's it could be sort. it isn't the national crime agency went to rotherham with huge resources and i doubt that those kinds of are going to be put in to all the towns and cities around the country where they are really. so let's see whether government is really serious about this. they will need to put a huge amounts of money. the

national crime agency in rotherham and the support services that they brought with them were absolutely fantastic . them were absolutely fantastic. they persuaded the girls to trust them and they have got a lot of convictions so far. i continue to get convictions , but continue to get convictions, but it does need a massive amount of input. it does need a massive amount of input . you know, david, i was input. you know, david, i was just playing devil's advocate with the argument and trying to give the government the benefit , doubt. i have i'd , the doubt. and i have say i'd rather you. think the rather with you. i think the resource will be needed all resource that will be needed all over the country no, you over the country is. no, you know, absolutely. enormous. know, absolutely. in enormous. but i also kind of feel rather the boats crossing the channel you know, the government are talking the language that the vast majority of people want to hear question of whether hear the question of whether they something else. they can is something else. a final thought perhaps from you and rotherham do think that this is now at a stop in rotherham or do you still have your suspicions ? i still have suspicions? i still have suspicions? i still have suspicions that it will be going

on today, this evening in parts of rotherham and towns and cities across the country . yeah, cities across the country. yeah, well that is that is depressing. well look the language is it looks better than it did before. well done for the work you've donein well done for the work you've done in the past. and thank you for joining us tonight on the programme . so, david greenwood programme. so, david greenwood there making clear that in his view there was also a political reason little was done because in his words , the labour policy in his words, the labour policy in his words, the labour policy in rotherham relied on the votes from the pakistani community that it was just too tough, too difficult for the police and others to deal with. but there is no doubt that fear of being called was a major part of this. and you know something? it's going right through our national life. people are very , very life. people are very, very fearful because . you see an fearful because. you see an accusation gets made and it can be justified or not. and people get cancelled. that happened to michael vaughan, former

yorkshire and england cricket captain. two years of hell because man called azeem rafiq from yorkshire cricket club accused him of racism a moment. we'll talk about what fear of being called racist that is doing to cricket . don't think doing to cricket. don't think this is just cricket we're talking about. this could be any walk of our national life .

so the tough talk the prime minister and the home secretary it actually going to make a real difference. cat says i hope so. this has been ignored for far too long. yes, as i all of what's been said today should have been said ten years ago. but last, the narrative of the conversation is changing. morris says at least they are trying to

tackle grooming gangs or , tackle grooming gangs or, laboun tackle grooming gangs or, labour. what they would do well were out and about today talking about law and order and particular anti—social behaviour. but don't worry morris. we will examine in detail all of labour's proposals on this and everything else. another says 13 years they did nothing. why should we trust them? well i tell you what, i have to say. i can't disagree with that wholly . and finally, with that wholly. and finally, one viewer says no. the tory party are all talk and no action. sunak and braverman are about as much use as a chocolate teapot at stopping illegal boat crossings. so forgive me for not believing them when they say they're going to get tough on grooming well, we will grooming gangs. well, we will have to see now so much of what happenedin have to see now so much of what happened in rather went wrong was because people fearful of being called racist . and my being called racist. and my goodness me cricket is going through this and a big, big way it has been now for many, many months. let's examine it and. see, perhaps that we can learn some lessons. it all kicked off

at yorkshire cricket club . azeem at yorkshire cricket club. azeem rafiq making a of allegations against a number of players. one or two of the players said yeah hands. i said things in my dressing room that i probably shouldn't have said. but when it came to michael vaughan, michael vaughan, of yorkshire vaughan, captain of yorkshire and of course famously the captain of that 2005 ashes winning team . vaughan said, winning team. vaughan said, look, this is completely and utterly unfair . look, this is completely and utterly unfair. he was supposed to have made a comment about a collective group of asian cricketers . vaughan denied it, cricketers. vaughan denied it, and yet it cost him his job at the bbc . michael vaughan was the bbc. michael vaughan was effective . he cancelled and he effective. he cancelled and he wrote . i was interviewed in the wrote. i was interviewed in the sunday telegraph yesterday just saying what hell he and his family had been through for the last two years. well, the inquiry has that actually there's no case to answer but these accusations by rafiq have put yorkshire in a deeply precarious position. they could even into administration. now i

don't that's actually going to happen but that's how much they've lost in sponsorship and everything else . and yet this is everything else. and yet this is the same . azeem rafiq , who texts the same. azeem rafiq, who texts to a mate a message and they're talking about a fellow cricketer. they've been out for dinner and who's paid the bill and says, ha ha, he a jew? only james do that sort of thing. well there is the most enormous double standard going on here. you know, azeem rafiq , you know, azeem rafiq, apparently he's allowed to make comments that i think anybody would describe as anti—semitic and yet poor old michael vaughan has had two years out in the wilderness and it's going on in scotland. it's going on in scotland. it's going on in scotland to what a similar scandal broke. they chose a new chairman six months ago and john luthra , somebody who played luthra, somebody who played cricket for scotland in the past, he produced a six month report talking about cricket in scotland whilst of course he acknowledged the previous accusations of racism. he that

this was not the only issue. oh they've gone mad at him for that cricket scotland and a group called running out racism, a lobby group as luthra called them, and they say his report is a disgrace. because his report focuses on progress of the game cricket in scotland and not on racism . and he's resigned from racism. and he's resigned from position. i'm joined by pat bowcock , former surrey and bowcock, former surrey and england cricketer. pat, i'm thinking know it's a competitive team sport . thinking know it's a competitive team sport. not thinking know it's a competitive team sport . not everybody in the team sport. not everybody in the dressing room is always going to be best with each other. i'm sure things i mean, things must get said. yes. i'm not surprised that people are sponsors are looking at their sponsorship because they tend to follow the pubuc because they tend to follow the public opinion and the way the pubuc public opinion and the way the public think . cricket is a very public think. cricket is a very unique game. i would say amongst the players there , they admire the players there, they admire half the people in the world who

are the non—white players . so are the non—white players. so i personally they i run a group i send eight emails out to non—white people every single day and i invited them to join my group because their mates of mine and but i think you cannot get away. cricket mirrors life in the street cricket mirrors life. is there racism ? yes, life. is there racism? yes, there is. racism but. but you've got to look. you can't just say that without looking. at what goes on, because banter is absolutely everything. banter is said and i can absolutely you that you will have some people who are non—white and they are and they're in a pub in the and they might have people might have said a few a few fairly comical in quotes a words but if they're in this pub and they're being threatened at all or a

pressure put on them , they will pressure put on them, they will be round and then they'll be all part of the team. and cricket is a unique because there's no other game where you spend so much time with your team—mates you on in the professional cricket , for example, you might cricket, for example, you might spend 6 hours, 8 hours if you're on a white, you might spend 18 hours and you might even be rooming with somebody. so you spend the 24 hours. and yet the thing about these accusations against michael vaughan, you know, distinguished, know, a very distinguished, modern a modern cricketer, i think a terrific commentator . i love terrific commentator. i love listening to him on the radio , listening to him on the radio, watching on telly. and he's watching on the telly. and he's been out that out for two years. on accusation issues that have proved to be groundless . i mean, proved to be groundless. i mean, all we want a society which people behave and fairly. we want cricket to reflect that. but haven't we just gone mad on this . yes, i it is the short this. yes, i it is the short answer to that . but as i say, answer to that. but as i say, you cannot really take a racist comment in isolation . you must comment in isolation. you must look at the way it's actually

said and what they mean by it and what they're trying to. and are they trying to make it funny. is it a permanent. is a permanent comment. and the way they say it , you must permanent comment. and the way they say it, you must you cannot really judge people on banter. you know, the way and the method it's said. yeah it's about context, isn't it. i mean and that's really the point. it's about context. it seemed to me that rafiq just had this grudge and it seemed me that the cricketers in scotland that have made allegations. it's almost as if they want to bring the game down the game is in danger down and the game is in danger of allowing to happen. of allowing that to happen. i can't think of game that has can't think of a game that has brought more people more brought more people from more countries of more races around the than and the the world together than and the players all know this . and players all know this. and that's why so many people you as i 50% of the people you admire in this world are playing more than any other are no more . as than any other are no more. as you say, there's no sport that's brought countries and different

people together like it. final quick thought. are we going to win the ashes this summer? we stand a very good chance. but whether we play baseball or whether we play the baseball or in the same way , i think they're in the same way, i think they're going to have to tone down because people score 50 or 60 runs. the fashioned way of playing. it's going on and getting hundred. and if they keep on doing this and getting out the fifties or sixties when they're well in, then they might start looking wise words. we might be able to make this a little bit better. wise words. a veteran poker up and let veteran cricket poker up and let us hope to goodness that this racism stop is put to bed. those who've done wrong. yes, they get punished. but poor people like michael vaughan should not should not be cancelled from pubuc should not be cancelled from public life on the basis of one person. they, in my view appears to bear a grudge and whose own stable far from clean . in stable far from clean. in a minute, we go to new york. darren mccaffrey is there trump tower, the aeroplane is on its

way , so we're going to talk to way, so we're going to talk to you about his call parents tomorrow and his speech tomorrow night at mar—a—lago . back with night at mar—a—lago. back with you in just a second .

donald trump will appear in a new york tomorrow facing a criminal charge. it'll happen at 215 eastern time, 715 uk time. well outside trump tower right now is gb news political host darren mccaffrey daron. what's happening? tell me . i understand happening? tell me. i understand that the aeroplane has taken off from palm beach and is on its way . yeah indeed. donald trump way. yeah indeed. donald trump left about hour and a half ago. as you going from florida up here, new york, that flight

normally around 3 to 4 hours. and we're expecting him essentially to arrive in the next couple hours. he is going to spend tomorrow night in trump tower where he is going to wait that courtroom appearance on tuesday. and it's going to be a really significant moment. never before a former or current us. president face a criminal indictment in this country. now is going to deny the charges were going to see the full charge sheet tomorrow. he's going plead not guilty in that case, but it all comes at a time, of course, which increased security here in new york . we security here in new york. we had been expecting a couple of protesters today. i to say protesters today. i have to say there a couple of dozen them there are a couple of dozen them gathered but not in gathered behind me, but not in big numbers. so that could well change tomorrow. there is expected an organised expected to be an organised rally me trump, not just rally around me trump, not just going to turn up here in new york, he's going to that courtroom. to get courtroom. he's going to get swamped, dna. he's going to swamped, his dna. he's going to have fingerprints he have his fingerprints taken. he is have his mugshot is going to have his mugshot taken well, though we do not taken as well, though we do not think he's going to be

handcuffed. pre—hearing handcuffed. and that pre—hearing you like where we will hear that charge it's going to last roughly an hour and then he's going leave york again, going to leave new york again, going to leave new york again, go back to florida and his supporters tomorrow night. it'll be a really, really significant moment . clearly could a big moment. clearly could have a big impact his prospects impact on his prospects of becoming republican nominee becoming a republican nominee and president of and indeed the next president of the united states . it's going to the united states. it's going to have a really, really significant impact, i reckon, on us politics. i'm going to have to wait and watch what will be a pretty historic day . it will. pretty historic day. it will. darren, i will be joining live tomorrow night . absolutely. at tomorrow night. absolutely. at that time of the court appearance. thank you very much , darren mccaffrey while i have to say that the whole thing is an disgrace, openly, overtly political. richard nixon did wrong, but he was pardoned. bill clinton, well, he wasn't just involved paying off women. he actually , in open testimony . and actually, in open testimony. and yet he was pardoned , too. but yet he was pardoned, too. but a democrat dominated judiciary in

new york decided to make this overt political move. it is wrong . it is dangerous. wrong. it is dangerous. i personally , trump will emerge personally, trump will emerge more strongly from it. now, honestly , lower level, low honestly, lower level, low traffic neighbourhoods. yes, one of those wonderful schemes being pushed , macron and some others pushed, macron and some others around the country, which meant dunng around the country, which meant during they just blocked off roads that we've been using for a long, long time report by the taxpayers alliance saying that 240 important ambulance journeys to hospital have been held because of ltc roads, including people who are undergoing cardiac arrest . the worst cardiac arrest. the worst offenders are the of suffolk , offenders are the of suffolk, enfield and ealing . so well enfield and ealing. so well done, mayor calm, very well done for encouraging all the london to do this and talk about what the farage moment i thought to begin with it must be an fools

joke . but it wasn't april the joke. but it wasn't april the first. it was actually april the second and the mail on sunday this story broke that a senior conservative tory mp received a phone call at 4:00 in the morning from backbencher and the unnamed tory said i'm in a brothel . i unnamed tory said i'm in a brothel. i don't unnamed tory said i'm in a brothel . i don't know how i got brothel. i don't know how i got here and i can't find my clothes now. there's conservative party of not said who this person is because the list of suspects is simply so long now that was a joke now the moment i'll be joined by very successful radio host but all around impressionist and possibly does the best donald i know mike osborne joins me in a moment on

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talking coming up on dan wootton tonight after suella braverman singled out british pakistani men over concerns about grooming gangs. is she an rishi sunak ? but is she an rishi sunak? but political correctness has allowed evil criminals to flourish . plus, as keir starmer flourish. plus, as keir starmer still sees , woman can have still sees, woman can have a penis, can be trusted to protect the rights of biological women. join dan kelvin mckenzie, angela levin and more of britain's top commentators . 9 to 11 pm. on gb commentators. 9 to 11 pm. on gb news, britain's news . channel news, britain's news. channel before i introduce my talking points guest i did say earlier he was a rather good donald trump impersonator. here he is . trump impersonator. here he is. in okay, i'm showing . excited to in okay, i'm showing. excited to be here in the uk. i in okay, i'm showing. excited to be here in the uk . i really in okay, i'm showing. excited to be here in the uk. i really am. it's tremendous and i'm very proud to come over on my way to

the five star dorchester hotel london to meet prime minister farage. got my husband joins me on talk by prime minister like the sound of that nigel who come on because did want me to be the. he wanted me to be the ambassador didn't he. but yeah, but the tory party would never have anything to do with that. now my southampton is a big part of who you are. absolutely. and you know , going back centuries , you know, going back centuries, there've been young lads growing up in southampton , joined the up in southampton, joined the royal navy . that's exactly what royal navy. that's exactly what you did. yeah, well, i was an apprentice fitter and turner, and so my dad was just a bit one of seven boys. so i was right in the middle for younger freeholder . jim davidson freeholder. jim davidson introduced me in scotland. that's good. i think he's what did that he said is michael's been the best looking of seven boys which will give you an idea . our ugly idea was a thank you for that. yeah. and so but my

younger brother alan decided that he was going to join the royal so in our council royal navy. so in our council house millbrook, southampton royal navy. so in our council hand�* millbrook, southampton royal navy. so in our council hand there llbrook, southampton royal navy. so in our council hand there was»ok, southampton royal navy. so in our council hand there was»ok, the thampton royal navy. so in our council hand there was»ok, the labour,)n , and there was all the labour, all the brochures. i mean, i've been an apprentice fitter and turner for two years at more green metal industries and lovelace, i this lovelace, and then i saw this and there's a bit me and i thought, there's a bit me going to it. the royal navy's going to do it. the royal navy's i want to be dad. i've joined the royal navy. you'll probably know your know when you blow out your purchase. was me and purchase. no, it was me and i had five and a half great years, and now i'm. a trustee of and now i'm. i'm a trustee of the veterans the falklands veterans foundation. and i'm also foundation. yep. and i'm also involved in the british forces foundation as well. vice presidents. of presidents. i'm very proud of it. lucky.i presidents. i'm very proud of it. lucky. i saw it. but was really lucky. i saw everywhere i went all over the world. that was when we few, world. that was when we had few, you know, were allowed to you know, we were allowed to go around and ships we used around world and ships we used to go fly the flag it's something i've noticed mike there's a guy called stephen pound, former labour mp david pound, former labour mp david pound, who i've just met. stephen like when i was on the radio station there . now people radio station there. now people like you and him there is a thing i think was a thing called

naval humour. naval bands. and i could always tell within 20 minutes of meeting someone, whether is you cheek by whether it is that you cheek by jowl with each other, i think it's almost like gallows humour. that's how the forces get through the tough times, whether it be, you know, first world war, second world war, afghanistan conflicts, it is, it is gallows , gallows humour and is gallows, gallows humour and it's also scott was talking about the in a mistake of 60 stokers and i just the time because i could you know as an impressionist learning all the accents from around the country absolutely perfect and of course all the officers were very very posh. all the officers were very very posh . so yeah. so it gave me the posh. so yeah. so it gave me the opportunity to work on people like king jones, who of course , like king jones, who of course, was a naval officer. yes, of course he was. was my boss. absolutely. marvel so that's how it all, you know , great, great it all, you know, great, great grounding. and i'm very of the time. were you at school doing impressions? yes yeah, i was the naughty boy . in fact, paul naughty boy. in fact, paul slater, who was my wife and now jill and i have been together for since we were 15. and paul

slater was a head of house, a sport sports , sports, sports sport sports, sports, sports teacher. and said to, well, are you doing out with those men? i was a year older, but only by a week. yeah. what you doing? going out with that and. well you go 43 years later, it was two somebody, you know. well, yeah. yeah. so where does the move how do you go from that ? i move how do you go from that? i mean, suddenly, you know, one minute you're a naval stoker. yeah. and then two or three years later, you're appearing big. 1980s, jerry garcia generation game. all of that with jim. funny enough, des o'connor i think it happened because cause i always knew, always knew at school. i always said that, you know, when you're older, bravo . so i was right in older, bravo. so i was right in the middle, three out of four younger. my oldest brother trevor would beat the hell out of us because he kept us in line, and rightly so. and must line, and rightly so. and i must have been awful , you know, to have been an awful, you know, to deal with by said, if you can deal with by we said, if you can make him laugh they're make him laugh when they're punching you, can't punch

punching you, they can't punch you. it's true. so you. so right. it's true. so i always knew that i wanted to do and there's a guy called , bob and there's a guy called, bob phillips, great friend, who who found london weekend television and a hundred times and said you've got to see this guy mike usman would never get usman and would never get through and eventually got through and eventually got through called vic through to a guy called vic finch, producer of copycat finch, the producer of copycat said need to see mike usman said you need to see mike usman why does outfit why because he does outfit design only fools design he does only fools and horses it and no one was horses do it and no one was doing those voices in them days . what happened. we . and that's what happened. we did they signed did the audition and they signed me that day. it was incredible from this council had lad , royal from this council had lad, royal navy apprentice veteran tenor ruth tyler with my older brother's business you know i'm suddenly saturday night tv 20 million viewers you know some these tv programmes x—factor would kill for those numbers you know was the money big in tv then money was nothing to do. he .uk was he's a reasonable question. it was okay was okay. but what it was it was spree seems reasonable question. i think if i don't get all that so

i think that he by the so i think yeah it was good and what it was was a springboard for everything else for everything else that i've done you know and where i've earned good money at different things like capital radio for six and a half years. yeah got to come to that. i first met you about 30 years ago. yeah a series of christmas events. yeah. down in hampshire . yeah. corporate entertainer. a big christmas booze ups, i suppose they were in those days. chris smith. christmas booze ups. yeah. and they were well yeah, they were, they were great, great events for me and, and, you know, i met some fantastic i met your sister in, little wendy, who i never like was your sister law. and she said she used to send me pictures of you featured in stuff. and i think, well, when said this a course, my brother she is lovely but the surname was a clue. but i must forgive me. i do on the corporate circuit now . i mean, i'm

circuit now. i mean, i'm guessing that doing donald trump as you do it , guessing that doing donald trump as you do it, it's been the best five years of my life as an entertainer. i have worked in the best venues. i even worked trump turnberry and it was a big wedding up in scotland and that huge doors father of the bride speaks last. and he said the only person haven't thanked tonight is owner of the hotel the huge i can't believe the manager let me do it i'm sure if thought sees this that manager will be fired they only huge glass doors and there was in all my glory with the wig everything and show good show good believe me and they thought it was trump you know honestly it's just the most fun and it's not political in any way . most fun and it's not political in any way. it's just a funny act and does he what does he say to the court tomorrow in new york? what is he say? it's all fake news, you know, fake. i mean, i was called a racist, nigel racist, believe me. racist can you believe that? nigel, i'm

not a racist. i'm going to prove it. i was invited to desmond . it. i was invited to desmond. desmond desmond . his birthday desmond desmond. his birthday party. desmond to. no, i don't know. i don't know if you know how hard it is to sing happy to, desmond . happy to tutu . well, it desmond. happy to tutu. well, it made it worse, nigel i need to. yes, yes . you've had so much fun yes, yes. you've had so much fun doing it. well who knows what's in any what he's going to be a man is hugely but be between now that actually and the next presidential election that i've got no doubt but radio capital gold you had a fantastic show on capital with a big audience. yeah, we have 1.7 million listeners on medium wave, which is a really club for people that even know what media wave is. but it was a really clunky signal and richard park took a chance on me, saw me a boxing dinner, put me on, and it was

just six and a half fantastic years . is just six and a half fantastic years. is that my just six and a half fantastic years . is that my life sort of years. is that my life sort of goesin years. is that my life sort of goes in spells. you know, i had a brilliant time and we toured off the back it and sold out off the back of it and sold out to theatres and always finish to theatres and we always finish at london palladium the last at the london palladium the last show of the tour would be the london very, very london palladium. so very, very lucky . and now, of course, lucky. and now, of course, another idea is you love radio, you clearly doing radio. you clearly love doing radio. and it before . what we do and i did it before. what we do both here, of course, you with civil car. you do know your hero gb news fan. i understand am well, i think it's the only place to get balanced news. that's what say. and i think that's what i say. and i think about is i think they about gb news is i think they have been so in and the have been so clever in and the people bought in you. i'm people they bought in you. i'm a huge fan of jacob rees—mogg for instance, know, and some of instance, you know, and some of the presenters just absolute . i the presenters just absolute. i knew you know, we knew nigel because you know, we talk to you about coming to join us on great british radio. us on the great british radio. i i was nearly paid ten to tell you heard he said he said thank you heard he said he said thank you very much. so the offer but no it wasn't quite like that but it's very great. british radio

breakfast show monday to 47 till ten all the interesting lives charlie means the jam and yes bofis charlie means the jam and yes boris just popped in to say hello i know if you've seen the nigel yeah charlie martin's great man the chelsea potter for yes all poll results list that this stuff that's the sue sacked i sacked their manager for poor poor poll results and i'm sadiq khan i've got him a treble so fingers crossed yeah . great fingers crossed yeah. great british radio so you're doing a non news radio no news is good news now we absolutely and coming into a studio that is all about news how many there's different markets there's different markets there's different markets there's different markets so we in something different to give people lift lift their spirits . people lift lift their spirits. my people lift lift their spirits. my show 7 to 10 am. great british radio variety best of saturday ted tell me day is about fun it's all about the

impressions. you know, we do this really clever thing with tough as coming into the studio tough as coming into the studio tough does our text and he's tough as does our text and he's great and it's all layered. it's me, so i'll be gone is great, but it's radio on a monday morning time for stuff, morning time for tim's stuff, it's so oh yeah. tell it's messaging. so oh yeah. tell you is it takes from the you what it is it takes from the audio textbook, all audio textbook, but it's all layered. so it feels like. so nigel was interrupted nigel you're so tough as is you're nigel. so tough as is interrupting me world of dude a text message it it's very very funny you and we play great music so we realise there is a place for news of course there is. but i think the way news is it's 24 seven, it's incessant . i it's 24 seven, it's incessant. i think there are certain news organise stations that are about frightening people, about panicking . whereas i think you panicking. whereas i think you come here, come to gb news, it's well the right and you've extended your broadcast reach today to southampton. we're in hampshire. hampshire on dab and we're absolutely thrilled for me to go back to my hometown , to go back to my hometown, eritrea, chatting about the football club oh , and well, what

football club oh, and well, what do you do? what do you are all but i've got to say joke they were different just popped in nigel farage you all viewers have we got bobby does love an auction bright right now two tickets to see south hamptons next home game all for quid for cash field yeah . we are in cash field yeah. we are in serious trouble. yeah. no and you love that club? i love it. well matt, letitia was my best friend . had a nightclub friend. had a nightclub together. i used to do the pre—match warm up, you know? can you imagine that being asked to come and do the warm up for the team that you've loved all your life. you know, i was there in 1976 when bobby stokes scored the winning in fa cup final the winning in the fa cup final when were no hopers against when we were no hopers against man united , it was never off man united, it was never off side sporadic. so we say, hey, i've saved one of our seamers. i'm not enough. say it wasn't so, you very lucky to do so, you know, very lucky to do and to warm the crowd up with 32,000 was something i mean i might never been might you've never been cancelled your brand of humour impressions . yeah i think

impressions far. yeah i think it's know you have to be so careful nowadays. you and i both know that the subjects you've covered tonight beautifully by the way , it is tough now to be the way, it is tough now to be so even when i get stuff , you so even when i get stuff, you know, i've got some great writers , mickey pugh out there. writers, mickey pugh out there. bob phillips , alan wightman, bob phillips, alan wightman, fantastic writers , and i write fantastic writers, and i write myself. but when , you know, when myself. but when, you know, when i see stuff and i'm sort of editing, i'm going we can't do that. editing, i'm going we can't do that . particularly when you got that. particularly when you got sponsors. i mean, you know, now we said we would like to thank barratt homes for and i say that no, sorry, get me fired . you no, no, sorry, get me fired. you will never be for mike. you said a moment ago you're an admirer of jacob rees—mogg 100. now he's of jacob rees—mogg100. now he's actually standing six feet behind. oh so what i'm going to ask is that you, as jacob rees—mogg, please welcome jay and i will take that away. it's entirely up to you to book jacob rees—mogg . my goodness me, vox, rees—mogg. my goodness me, vox, they vox da lovely see us. i am a huge fan . ladies and a huge fan. ladies and

gentlemen, jacob rees—mogg now take to the stage the great nigel for our i will say farewell goodnight god bless vox day long stay thank you very much . he's almost all like that much. he's almost all like that the world love that jacob . well, the world love that jacob. well, jacob, that was unusual introduction but a very good one. what have you got coming up? you're going to be talking about the trans—pacific partnership and how really important is and how actually it embeds brexit. it gives us a real opportunity to move away from the dead hand of european union. yeah, it's huge . and do union. yeah, it's huge. and do i understand you've got gina miller? i have, yes. we're delighted to have general because a champion because she's such a champion for side of the for the other side of the argument. it very well argument. she puts it very well and only like to the and we only like to have the best spokesman. absolutely. the other side on him. i think the establishment are going fight establishment are going to fight very this trade very hard against this new trade deal scare deal with all sorts of scare stories and all the rest of it. no important subject. great to see birthday. you see you. happy birthday. you very very good. see you. happy birthday. you very we very good. see you. happy birthday. you

very we are very good. see you. happy birthday. you very we are done. very good. see you. happy birthday. you very we are done. let's' good. see you. happy birthday. you very we are done. let's get)d. see you. happy birthday. you very we are done. let's get the now we are done. let's get the all important before jacob shea . hello again. i'm keates. and this is your latest metaphors forecast. and after a lovely day through monday, many places will see a dry and fairly clear night with a y spot frost developing underneath those clear skies that away from the far that is away from the far northwest where this weather system bringing system will move, bringing thicker some bits and thicker cloud and some bits and pieces rain and drizzle pieces of light rain and drizzle to far west and ireland. to the far west and ireland. westernmost parts of scotland here, certainly too cold here, not certainly too cold with a bit more breeze and the cloud the temperatures with a bit more breeze and the clo five the temperatures with a bit more breeze and the clo five degrees. temperatures with a bit more breeze and the clo five degrees. but peratures with a bit more breeze and the clo five degrees. but elsewhere for five degrees. but elsewhere , the clearing skies, temperatures falling away quite sharply sunset and the big sharply after sunset and the big ones. but first, to take us into tuesday morning, i said it would be a cold start. describe a few calls first thing tuesday morning with those temperatures up quite underneath the up quite smartly underneath the strong much strong aprils sunshine for much of wales it will be of england and wales it will be another sunny day, another predominantly sunny day, although another predominantly sunny day, alth0|of1 and, wales as parts of england and, wales as well southern eastern well as the southern and eastern scotland, those blue skies being replaced by some hazy conditions, high level conditions, some high level clouds. cloudy for clouds. but again, cloudy for northern on the far west of scotland. rainfall amounts

scotland. but rainfall amounts quite most us. this quite small for most of us. this will be a relatively warm day after that chilly start now with tuesday evening, will tuesday evening, the rain will turn bit more heavy, bit more turn a bit more heavy, bit more persistent across parts of northern ireland. western northern ireland. and western scotland next atlantic scotland is the next atlantic system in a vote of system pushes in and a vote of cloud tend to extend cloud would tend to extend further east across further south and east across the rest of the uk. so on balance it's not going to be as cold to take as into wednesday as it will. the first couple as it will. so the first couple of warnings week, although of warnings this week, although the parts of the far southeastern parts of east just see the east anglia may just see the odd pocket of just take us pocket of frost, just take us into morning. into wednesday morning. otherwise the otherwise wednesday, for the most cloudy and this most part, is a cloudy and this area be slowly area of rain will be slowly working way from to working its way from to southeast. day going to southeast. the day it's going to be though, because it's be painful, though, because it's going slow and for good going to be slow and for good parts of southern and eastern england probably and england probably stay and dry throughout hours bit throughout daylight hours bit bit settled in midweek with bit more settled in midweek with this systems touching this one two systems touching their across the country. their way across the country. a bit uncertainty how bit of uncertainty as to how quickly clears away from quickly this clears away from the thursday. by good the east on thursday. by good friday, pressure starts to build back so hopefully fine end back in. so hopefully fine end to the week after a couple of fairly wet more settled days

dner fairly wet more settled days drier friday and drier conditions by friday and temperatures low teens .

hello. good evening . it's me, hello. good evening. it's me, jacob rees—mogg state the nation. tonight brexit britain prevails despite remainer wails his majesty's government has entered the trans—pacific partnership . britain has entered partnership. britain has entered a trade bloc which is projected to make up a of the world's gdp by 50 volare europe . let's be by 50 volare europe. let's be specific. the futures the pacific a win for the victim of grooming gangs the government has announced a special police taskforce amongst other measures to tackle the unsolved problem. and the home secretary has told gb news the people's channel it isn't racist to tell the truth . isn't racist to tell the truth. and what are you hoping to get your new and beautiful, dark

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